How To Install whatweb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install whatweb on Kali Linux.

What is whatweb

whatweb is:

WhatWeb identifies websites. It recognises web technologies including content management systems (CMS), blogging platforms, statistic/analytics packages, JavaScript libraries, web servers, and embedded devices.

WhatWeb has over 900 plugins, each to recognise something different. It also identifies version numbers, email addresses, account IDs, web framework modules, SQL errors, and more.

There are three methods to install whatweb on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install whatweb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install whatweb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install whatweb

Install whatweb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install whatweb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install whatweb

Install whatweb Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install whatweb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install whatweb

How To Uninstall whatweb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the whatweb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove whatweb

Uninstall whatweb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall whatweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove whatweb

Remove whatweb Configurations and Data

To remove whatweb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge whatweb

Remove whatweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove whatweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whatweb

Dependencies

whatweb have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• whatweb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install whatweb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.